Cost of stove fitter?

cookie1234

Just had a quote of 1200 euro from a stove fitter to fit a Scan DSA 12 double sided stove. He is the fitter recommended by the shop we bought the stove from, but this seems a touch expensive to me. The quote includes labour and materials (pipes, cowel, and 2 sheets of 8x4 fireproof board), but we still have to have a block base built and a metal stud frame before he will come to fit the stove. Any thoughts on this as a price?

Murtx

Hi,
sorry I'm not familiar with the going rate for installing. I'm thinking of purchasing one of these and was quoted less than €300 for the 'hidden cost' extras that I'd need. Installation looks fairly straightforward and I was hoping that I'd be able to install it myself.
Any chance you'd pm me to let me know how much your stove cost and where you purchased? (I'm new here and unsure if you can post that info)

HILC1

Hi
I'm also looking a getting a double sided insert stove. Are there many options and what made you choose scan? Thanks for any advice.

Solas8

HILC1 wrote: »

Hi
I'm also looking a getting a double sided insert stove. Are there many options and what made you choose scan? Thanks for any advice.

Hi, Me too! I really wanted to have a multi-fuel double fronted stove but having difficuly sourcing. Any advice?

Murtx

Hi,

I wanted an insert to go between two rooms in an extension that I'm building. The choice seems fairly limited. I was going to go with a Boru 900i as I liked the look of it and it's made in Tipperary. However, I'm also hoping to seal my house fairly well and install a 'mechanical heat recovery ventillation' system; for this to work well the stove needs to be fed with an external air supply. Despite what all the brochures and ads say the Boru 900i cannot be fed this way (confirmed by BORU). The 600i can (with a kit) but I prefered the 'widesceen' look of the 900.

I found full data plate info difficult to get for the Boru stoves (I got some limited info after some emails), however for the SCAN it's all freely available (including an EC Declaration of Conformity to EN 13229, 9kW nominal output @ 80% efficiency etc), and you'll find full fitting instructions, spare part numbers etc. The SCAN is also multifuel and has a reasonably large ash box, some of the other stoves are designed for wood only which produces much less ash than briquettes (so no or a very small ashbox). I hope to burn wood; however living the midlands I'd like the option of burning either.

The Scan is more expensive than the Boru; I haven't actually committed to either yet.

Regards
Martin

HILC1

Hi Martin
I'm also looking at Scan but was interested to read that you've got a multifuel. The DSA12 which I'm looking at is wood only. Is there a SCAN supplier near you? I'm assuming you'll be using external vents too and a flue liner?

Murtx

Hi,

Murphy's in Kinvarra assure me that the Scan DSA 12 has no problem burning other fuels such as peat briquettes (not coal!) but that the Scandinavians will only market it as a wood burner because wood is environmentally friendly and peat is not. The ash box certainly looks large enough to accommodate the ash from a days peat burning. Wood produces very little ash and from what I've seen the 'wood only' burners may have no ash box at all.

This is what I'm being told; I haven't got it yet

The air for combustion can be supplied from an external vent via a 100mm pipe and this ends up going up the chimney. Other vents are required (top and bottom) for heating the room air (kept completely seperate from the external air) Apologies if I'm just stating the obivious

Regards